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II I w i III 1vill 111 mil ti The Fort Mill Times. DEMOCRATIC PUBLISHED EVERY tHURSDAY. to. W. BRADFORD, . Ed nnd Ft*>p Orte yt?nr 11.00 Six months SO Porri?anntirlAnP4? nti ( tirrunt ai i titsx* ta (? Invlt?d, bti't no rosponHlblllt y la a?sutneil 'for tlje vl??ww of rorre?pondent?. CTn h'ppllrhYfftn to the publisher, advertWnK J'nleii are nunle known to those Interested, Kiftetwl ut tTifc ptotofftoe at Fort Mill, S. O/. tin Ht'.cond ciasK matter. JANUARY 17. 1907. We hope that every reader of this paper, old ar.d young, will tead carefully the article elsewhere entitled, "Trying to Becloud the Situation. ? The arlicleis from the Yorkville New Era, with comments by its publisher, and extracts from the Yorkville Enquirer in its issue just prior to the late primary and tne issue of January 8, 1907. It is not our intention to enter into a lengthy discussion upon the subject, but feeling that a great many of our citizens do not see either of the Yorkville papers we publish the New Era's article in full in order that all may know of the charges and insinuations against two of our representatives by the Enquirer and the able defense which is given them by the New Era. Every sane man in York county knows that the lines were drawn in the late primary between the dispensary and anti-dispensary factions and how the Enquirer, contradictory to its statement of last November, has the effrontery to say that the "result of the election is of absolutely no significance as showing the desire of the r>eo pie" is more than we can understand. The statement that two 4of our reptesentatives "were not frank with the people on the stump," "were not elected on that issue," bit were "elected principally by small wire pulling" is not only a groundless claim and accusation, but it is an insult to our representatives and to the voters who cast their ballots in the last election for the .gentlemen thus accused. Along about this time another year the town of Fort Mill will . take on a new charter. The new -charter, as we understand it, provides for the levy of ten mills by the council, without an elec.tion, and the right to impose a privilege tax upon every business within the incorporate limits. It is needless perhaps to state that council will wolcome the new charter, for no town has more money than it needs. Nothing makes a town more prosperous than money, and the more the money, the better the town. Here's to the health of the newly elected council. May the .year 1907 be one of success to each member, and mav the town prvoper unuci- uieir wise counsel .as never before. Some men evidently count on their debts being: paid when the estate is settled after they are dead and d?d. The good book .says owe no man. The water wagon will probably need a driver within a few days. There Are Others. The Rock Hill Record thinks the New Era olfers a slap at the Yorkville Enquirer when it says: "The late Mr. Hull of the Rock Hill Herald once said that it gave him the inclination to run to an open window whenever he saw a country paper fawning and flattering a big daily just in order to be noticed. It certainly does have a tendency to upset a fellow's "gorge" to watch certain weeklies carrying out this program in order to get recogninition from the city papers." We hardly believe this was in- j tended Snlplv fnr I The New Era would not inten- tionally ignore the GafTney Lodg er in such a manner. Committee Appointment*. The committee assignments oi the York representatives in the legislature were as follows: Senator Brice? Finance, commerce and manufacturers. Feder- j al relations, incorporations, and chairman of the senate committee cn railroads. Dr. J. H. Saye?Chairman committee on medical affairs, 1 member of committee -ways and means. S. H. Epps, Sr. ?Roads and bridges, mines and mining, of'fices and officers. J. S. Glascock ? Roads and ' bridges, privileges and elections. W. T. Slaughter?Public schools, 1 offices and officers. Happening* at the State Capitol. Special to The TlmeB. Columbia, Jan. 15.?The 1907 Se&sion of the legislature <luly commenced on the 8th inst. The Senate was organized by the election of a president pro tem and the various subordinate officers, whi'e in the house one of the first matters of importance was the selection of a temporary presiding officer. Ex-Speaker Frank B. Gary having been thus hon mci, mac mere nas Deen a deal ot discussion here over the publication of an editorial in a recent issue of the Yorkville Enquirer in which it was stated that two members of the delegation did not deal honestly with the people in canvassing for their seats last August and that the result of the election did not commit the county to the State dispensary. Evidently the two members referred to were Messrs. Epps and Glasscock. This correspondent therefore went to their boarding house a day or two ago to learn if they had anything to say on the subject. Mr. Epps said: "I made my campaign for the seat in the legislature to which I was elected as an uncompromising advocate of the State dispensary, purified, as everybody who voted for me knew. That was the principal topic discussed in the campaign and as I defined my jxisition on this question at every meeting it really seems unnecessary to state that I shall vote for the State dispensary lirst, last and all the time. This talk about the dispensary not winning a decided victory in York county last summer is silly." Said Mr. Glasscock: "Justsay to the voters of York county that I shall vote for the State dispensary, as I was elected to vote, regardless of the insinuation? of the Yorkville Enquirer. I was elected as an advocate of the dispensary. This fact is too well known to demand reiteration." Mr. Slaughter also stilted, Monday morning, that he expected to vote for the State dispensary and that he could not understand how there could be any speculation as to his attitude on the matter, as there seems to be in certain quarters. Nothing having been said about Dr. Saye's attitude on the dispensary matter and his position as an anti-dispensary man being so well known, there seemed to be no occasion to interrogate him on the subject. * South Carolinians do not select their governors because they worship with this or that denomination?indeed the matter is never mentioned in the campaigns but it may be of some interest to Times readers, nevertheless, to know that the now governor, Hon. M. F. Ansel, is a Presbyterian. Since 1S90 the five governors which the State has had have worshipped as follows: Tillman was not a member of any church but his family were Presbyterians and he sometimes attended that church; Evans was an Episcopalian; ored, nominations for speaker were quickly called for and the friends of the different candidates who had been selected for the task lost no time in telling their brother legislators why the commonwealth would be infinitely better off if their particular man should be elevated to the presiding officer's desk. The nominees were Representatives J. VV. Nash, of Spartanburg. D. D. MeColl, of Marlboro. andR. S. Whaley, of Charleston. On the first ballot Mr. Nash developed so little strength that one of his supporters withdrew his name before the second ballot was undertaken. This left the field to Messrs. McColl and Whaley and the latter won by a majority of nine votes. That thd dispensary views of these two gentlemen was the principal factor in aligning their respective supporters there isn't the least doubt, statements to the contrary notwithstanding. The dispensary lost. Supporters of the institution, however, claim that the result of the election shows that the dispensary?State dispensary, not county dispensaries?is stronger in the house by a dozen votes than it was last session, and they are therefore predicting that the year 1907 will not witness the obsequies of Tillman's "baby." As to the vote of the York delegation in this election for speaker, of course it was divided?in compliance with the wishes of tho voters as expressed in the August primaries. Dr. Saye voted for Mr. Whaley and Messrs. Epp8, Glasscock and Slaughter voted for Mr. McColl. Speaking of the York delegation and their attitude on the dispensary question, recalls the t A. J-\. - A l l 1 1 " Ellerbc was a member of the Methodist church and attended services regularly; McSweeney occasionally could be seen worshipping with the Methodists, j but is said to have been a Cathoi lie at heart; Hey ward is an : Episcopalian, but often attends j the Presbyterian church, Mrs. i Hey ward being a member of that church. A mnttpr r?f r?r? litflo intovpqf I to the citizens of Fort Mill is | i now the subject of correspon- i I dence between Mr. J. M. Spratt, | of Fort Mill, and Hon. S. H. | ; Epps. This matter concerns the j I charter of the town of Fort Mill, I which will expire next December, j ! and Mr. Spratt wishes to know j if a new charter cannot be se-1 cured containing the provisions, as does the old one, that the tax levy shall not be greater than five mills on the dollar and that only free-holders bq eligible to election to office; also that if the j general State laws on the sub-! ject do not contain such proj visions if the legislature would \ I likely agree to amend the law in ; the town's behalf. Solicitor I Henry is very certain that the j ' legislature would not entertain i such a proposition, for the State j | constitution contains an express . 1 provision to the contrary. Touch- j ing the matter of taxation the; general law under which' char- j tcrs are granted towns of from ] 1,000 to 5,000 provides that the [ j rate shall not exceed ten mills on j the dollar, and the citizen who j , is otherwise qualified is not dc- , I [HHV.U ui VJ1VJ I 1^111/ IU IiVIU UlUCt* j because he is not a free-holder, j So it would seem that Fort Mill's ! 1 new charter will permit of | heavier taxation and that the town may elect non-propertv i owners to olhce. Hoi:. W. H. Stewart, for the i steenth time, was re-elected reading clerk of the State senate i I without opposition. It is said 1 that Senator Brice did not vote ! for Mr. Stewart, owing to their contrary opinions concerning i the dispensary law. W.R.B. Governor Ansel Inaugurated. Hon. M. F. Ansel, of Green- j ville, was inaugurated as govor-1 nor of South Carolina Tuesday : at noon, and immediately thcre! after delivered his inaugural ad1 dress to the legislature. Mr. Ansel spoke at length upon the importance of State education i and asked the legislature's con- ! i sideration of the establishment j of public high schools; he declared that the people had; ! spoken in no uncertain terms 1 demanding that each county shall control the liquor traffic, and.! ; among other things, advocated | ! the death penalty for attempt at rape. Col. J. C. Boyd, who was some days ago stricken with paralysis, has almost entirolv covered, and was also inaugurated, as adjntant and inspector ; general of the Stute. Weather Forecast for 1907. Mr. P. R. Collins, the Ilelaire i prognosticator, furnishes The Times with the following forecast for the year 15K>7: "January, first dry, latter part wet; February, considerable rain; , March, fair; April wet and windy. May, wet; June will be wet; July, cloudy and some rain; August, i i the same; September, wet; Ocj tober. dry; November, cloudy and some rain; December, cloudy and \ some rain." | The South Carolina League. President II. S. r?aird, of the State League, has issued a call for Tuesday, January 22, at Sumter, to reorganize the State League and get things in order for the coining season. The | games in the State League were of great interest to the people I of the State and President IJaird would like to have delegates, from towns in the State that would consider joining this League. The League will be under the supervision of the National Association and will be a Class D League. The Stato League I last year had six towns and a! splendid schc dule, and ran sue-1 cessfully the whole season. It is expected to have eight towns this year and the first in the field will stand the best show at the meeting in Sumter, January 22. , Last season the league was composed of the following towns: Sumter, Darlington, Camden, \ Manning, Georgetown and Orangi burg. Only One Prisoner in Jail. The jail has been locked again. , , A negro named Ed Withers was ! committed by Magistrate McElhanev of Fort Mill township on January 0, on the charge of house-: breaking and larceny. He is the' only prisoner in jail.?Enquirer. Trying to Becloud the Situation. The Enquirer evidently gives the people of York county credit for having: very short memories, says the New Era. Previous to the primary election it repeatedly declared that the lines were drawn and that the issues in the campaign were unmistakable. It now tries to make the impression that there were no issues in the campaign and insinuates that oniy iwo avowea dispensary candidates were elected. As a matter of fact, three members of the i York delegation boldly pledged i themselves to the voters of the j county to support the State dispensary and were elected on this platform by substantial majorities. York county only sent one anti-dispensary member to the legislature and he slipped in by a margin of half dozen votes. We quote from the Enquirer as follows: "There is no doubt in the mind of the Enquirer that the people of the State spoke overwhelmingly against the State machine in the recent election. There is no doubt either that the people of York county spoke against the machine. It is true that at least two men were elected who are avowed dispensary advocates; but they were not frank with the people on the stump with regard to the matter and they were not elected on that issue. They were elected principally by small wire pulling and the result is of abso-' lutely no significance as showing the desire of the people of the county on the subject. They are free to vote pretty much as they please it is true; but they cannot claim that a vote to maintain the State machine is representative of a majority of their people." The following extracts are taken from the Enquirer before the primary election and if it spoke the truth then what it says now cannot possibly be true. We leave it to our readers to pass judgment: "The issue in next Tuesday's election is, Are you for or against the continuation*of the State dispensary machine? Messrs. Ardrey, Beamguard, Massey and i Saye stand for the abolition of the State dispensary machine, at Columbia. Those who vote for these tour will vote for the aboli- i tion of the Slate dispensary ma- j chine. Messrs. Epps, Neil, Glass-! cock aud Slaughter stand for the continuance of the State machine in Columbia, and people who vote ; for them will vote for a continuance of the State machine. "In accordance with their previous pledges to the people Messrs Ardrey, Beamguard, Massey and Save, voted for the Morgan bill thai sought to ensure to the coun tics the right of local option as between prohibition and county j dispensaries, and against the Raysoi'-Ivlunnining bill, which1 sought to perpetuate the State | dispensary system under central control. "The votes of these representatives have been challenged by people who desire the continuation of the State machine. The challenge of these reprcsentati res was in the nature of a challenge to the people by whom they were elected. If, under the circumstances, any one of these gentlemen had refused to stand his ground, he would have been disloyal to the people he represented. They stand not for them- j selves; but for the right of local self-government and if they are j defeated they have no cause for personal regret. "On the other hand, Messrs. Eons. Glasscock. Neil and Slani^h ter are just as distinctively the representatives of those who stand for the continuance of the centralized State dispensary. As we understand it not one of them , is a candidate of hisown volition. All have come out at the instance of the people who have challenged the cause of Messrs. Ardrey, Beamguard, Massey and Saye. I They are up particularly not be-1 cause they want to go to Columbia; but in order to give the people j who desire the continuance of the State machine an opportunity to give expression to that desire." i - 4 Contract For Iron Bridge. It will be pleasing information for the people of Fort Mill and Pleasant Valley to learn that Mr. J. M. Spratt of this place is in receipt of a letter from Super-1 visor T. W. F?oyd in which it is stated that as soon as a date is decided upon with the supervisor of TiflTlPflRtOI' PfllinK' 1 vvuuv; j 111V V.V/HI ? missioners of the two counties will meet at Bailes bridge with representatives of the different bridge concerns to award the contract for the erection of an iron bridge at that point. Saturday, the 10th, is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Mr. Hall Re-Elected. By the very close, yet decisive, margin of one vote Mr. W. L. Hall was re-elected Monday to the position of intendantover Dr. J. L. Spratt, the only other aspirant to the place. wamohQ f*.AT> fVin i ?.?<%/ ?I ?.u v^m; UIVVVVU AVI LI IV j year were Messrs. A. R. McEl- ; haney, C. H. Branson, D. N. | Gaston and S. W. Parks. The election was without inci- ! dent except the friends of the j several candidates did some very earnest work for the men of their choice. A number of hacks were , kept busy hauling the voters from the two mills to and from the polls. The result of the election follows: For intendant, W. L. Hall, 43; J. L. Spralt, '12. For wardens, S. W. Parks, 48;1 r" I I D '" - n *T /~t?i ii. Ljiciiisun, 'ir>; yj. in. Vjrasion, 44, A. R. McElhaney, 43: J. W. Ardrev, 42; W. P. Crayton, 42; S. L. Mcacham, 40; W. F. Harris, 29. Fnlp-Jones. A quiet, but very pretty, home marriage took place Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock when Mrs. Lucy Parker Fulp became the i wife of Mr. Alfred Oscar Jones. ; The marriage took place at the home of the bride on Booth street, and the home was beautifully decoroted for the occasion. The ceremony was performed by Rev. i Dr. J. H. Thornwell, the bride's pastor, and the ceremony was witnessed by a number of relatives and intimate friends of the contracting parties. Many and handsome were the wedding presents which were given the couple. Immediately after the marriage ! Mr. and Mrs. Jones left for a ten days' tour to Jacksonville, St. Augustine and other points of interest in Florida. The bride is one of Fort Mill's most popular and attractive women. Mr. Jones is a successful young merchant of the town, and he and his bride have a large circle of friends in this section who wish them much success and happiness in life. "Plnnsnnt. Vn.ll/air We are enjoying the springlike weather, some are busy; preparing to start another crop while others are preparing to marry as there will be two marriages in this place at a very early date. Mr. and Mrs. Shell Patterson! attended services at Pleasant Hill church Sunday evening.? Mrs. Lee Spratt and Miss Willie Iioke passed through Pleasant Valley Sunday afternoon. Miss Eunice Hall, of Fort Mill, is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. W. Hall near here.?Mr. Joe Lee returned home last week from the Charlotte hospital.?Rev. Owings filled his appointment at Pleasant Hill Sunday.? After spending a few weeks with rela- j tives here, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Potts returned to their home in ; Gunnison, Miss., Friday. A Big Order for Machinery. The Southern Power Company, j of Charlotte, has just closed a contract with the Westinghouse Company of Pittsburg, for electrical machinery to equip the two recently opened' sites, at Rocky Creek station on the Catawba, and the Ninety-nine Islands station on the Broad river, the contract aggregating an expenditure , of about $500,000. Mr. W. S. Lee, second vice president and chief engineer is now in New York and Pittsburg closing up' all the dctads of tins order. Marriage of a Charlotte Couple. Miss Elizabeth Chapman and ( Mr. James H. Wooley, both of Charlotte, eloped from their homes on Monday, and coming to Fort Mill, were married at the noon hour by Dr. J. H. Thornwell. at the manse on Confederate street. Mrs. Wooley is the l(ipear-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Chapman, who reside on Mir.t street, Charlotte. Mr. Wooloy is employed in the olfice , of the Stone & Barringer Co., , of that city. ?Mr. T. D. Faulkner, of this place, has a watch, which, for keeping' correct time, is probably a little ahead of any time-piece in this section. On January 1st, ilKKJ, Mr. Faulkner called at the ( Western Union ofiice and set his , watch according to the time sent i out over the wires from Washing- ' ion. The watch ran constantly, ' never stopping or being reset, ',1 during the year, and a compari- ' son with the wires January 1st, ! 1907, showed that the time-piece ( had lost only two minutes, or L about one-third of a second per , day, for the twelve months. ' t : i ????iWOW? wi HI??-m. i. ?? The town trersurer's report came in too late for publication in this issue of The Times. That's the house the Doctor Imilt, The biggest h mse yon see; Thank gooilncss hoilon'tgetour money. For we tulco lloilister's Rocky Moantain Tea?Furfeeutinig Co. A TVAOAluf A 1 r- lllf A n A*AAf1 A rl . 1 lt|U^IV|Uim 10?II1\V iJWU OU" vertiser?not satisfied with one insertion. ? 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